Where does “sönköttää” come from?

sönköttää (Finnish) comes from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

sönköttää (Finnish): to splutter to speak hurriedly and confusedly

Definitions

  1. to splutter to speak hurriedly and confusedly

Ancestry of “sönköttää”, step by step

sönköttää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ottaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
2Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Finnish sönkätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsönkätä

Words derived from “sönköttää

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ-Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadakEvery word from Finnish ottaa